The large scale structure of space-time
Title:
The large scale structure of space-time
Author:
Hawking, S. W. (Stephen W.)
ISBN:
9787535745705
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Publication Information:
Cambridge [Eng.] University Press, 1973.
Physical Description:
xi, 391 p. illus. 24 cm.
Series:
Cambridge monographs on mathematical physics
Contents:
Preface -- The role of gravity -- Differential geometry -- General relativity -- The physical significance of curvature -- Exact solutions -- Causal structure -- The Cauchy problem in general relativity -- Space-time singularities -- Gravitational collapse and black holes -- The initial singularity in the universe -- Appendixes -- References -- Notation -- Index.
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